SAN RAMON, Calif., June 26, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq:BRCM), Conexant Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:CNXT) and BroadLight, Inc. are the first three companies to join MoCA(tm)'s new contributor class, introduced last month. All three have been associate members for more than a year.
In their new role as contributors, all three companies will actively participate in the formation and direction of new specifications. Every contributor level member also has voting rights and can partake in all MoCA work groups from technical and specification to marketing.
"Contribution to the MoCA standard, and the evolution of the alliance in general, complements our already strong position among service providers and OEMs in the digital home," said Dan Marotta, senior vice president and general manager of Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group.
"Conexant is pleased to support the MoCA standard promoting distribution of digital video entertainment and networking through broadband mediums including coax cabling in the home," said Lewis Brewster, senior vice president and general manager of Conexant's Broadband Media Processing business.
"We are a big supporter of standards-based activities and have played active roles in the development of ITU-T PON standards," said Eli Weitz, BroadLight CTO. "We look forward to making valuable contributions to the MoCA standard."
"All three companies are leaders in the digital home connectivity space and we are excited to have them participate as contributors to MoCA," said Dr. Anton Monk, MoCA CTO and chair of the specification work group.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(r).
Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2006 revenue of $3.67 billion, and holds over 2,000 U.S. and 800 foreign patents, more than 6,000 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video and data.
Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.
Please contact Joe Del Rio, delrio@broadcom.com, for technical information regarding the Broadcom's MoCA solutions.
About Conexant
Conexant's innovative semiconductor solutions are driving broadband and communications digital home networks worldwide. The company has leveraged its expertise and leadership position in modem technologies to enable more Internet connections than all its competitors combined, and continues to develop highly integrated silicon solutions for broadband data and media processing networks.
Key products include client-side xDSL and cable modem solutions, home network processors, broadcast video encoders and decoders, digital set top box components and systems solutions, and dial up modems. Conexant's suite of networking components include a leadership portfolio IEEE 802.11-compliant WLAN chipsets, software and reference designs, as well as solutions for applications based on HomePlug(r) and HomePNA(tm). The company also offers a complete line of asymmetric and symmetric DSL central office solutions, which are used by service providers worldwide to deliver broadband data, voice and video over copper telephone lines.
Conexant is a fabless semiconductor company that recorded revenues of $970.8 million in fiscal 2006. The company has approximately 3,200 employees worldwide, and is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif. To learn more, please visit www.conexant.com
About BroadLight
BroadLight delivers the industry's only end-to-end (E2E) solution (from the customer premises to the central office) for equipment vendors designing ITU-T compliant passive optical network (PON) systems. The company's completely integrated product line consists of standards-based communication semiconductors and software solutions that enable its customers to deliver BPON and GPON equipment to carriers and services providers worldwide. This E2E solution provides customers with a lower risk development cycle and enables them to significantly speed time-to-market. As a result, BroadLight technology has been adopted by leading manufacturers who are currently providing equipment for the some of the world's largest fiber PON roll-outs.
About MoCA
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA(tm)) is an open, industry driven initiative promoting distribution of digital video and entertainment through existing coaxial cable in the home. MoCA technology provides the backbone for whole home entertainment networks of multiple wired and wireless products. The alliance operates under reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing (RAND).
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